Birder Don Torino did a quick walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus yesterday. He had Savannah Sparrows, Palm and Yellow Warblers, two Berlted Kingfishers, an Eastern Phoebe and a beautiful Red Fox walking along the trail.

Because of the recent rains and strong winds, there's some water collecting in the main impoundment at DeKorte Park again, and many of the birds are hunkered down next to the phrags.

Birds of note seen on a quick tour today include Soras (2) along the Marsh Discovery Trail, a few Pectoral Sandpipers, a Black-Bellied Plover, a Black-crowned Night Heron, a Peregrine Falcon and Osprey.

The Immature Little Blue Heron was seen yesterday. Did not see it today but was not really looking.

On Saturday, the Meadowlands Environment Center presents “Butterflies Everywhere!,” an educational program featuring butterfly farmer Rick Mikula and his live and collected specimens of these beautiful creatures.

Appropriate for anyone over age 5, the program is $4 for MEC members and $5 for the general public. 1 p.m. start time. For more information, call 201-460-8300.

On Sunday, there's a free twin bill — the First-Sunday-of-the month Bird Walk with Bergen County Audubon Societyat 10 a.m., followed by a talk and reading by the author of the new book "Salt Marshes."

The walk starts outside the Meadowlands Environment Center and runs roughly 90 minutes. We will look for shorebirds, waders, Ospreys and migrants. Meet in front of the Meadowlands Environment Center. To rsvp, contact Don Torino of the BCAS at greatauk4@aol.comor 201-636-4022.

At noon, Rutgers biology professor Judith Weis will present her new book “Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History” at the Meadowlands Environment Center.

Weis, an expert on “recovering” marsh’s like those surrounding the Hackensack River, and the critters that live in them, will discuss the critical importance of these ecosystems and how, for too long, they have been used as dumping grounds.

The talk is sponsored by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission as part of its 40th Anniversary Celebration. For more information, call 201-777-4600 or visit the “Events and Alerts” section at www.njmeadowlands.gov.

Birder Andrew Block filed a comprehensive report after 4.5 hours of birding at DeKorte Park for Friday — it provides a good idea of the variety of birds at DeKorte these days, what with the continuing lowered water levels.

The list ranges from a Little Blue Heron to a (still on the loose despite repeated efforts) escaped/released Cockatiel.

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